Stanley Lazelle SMITH

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SMITH, Stanley Lazelle

Service Number:	1016
Enlisted:	8 February 1915
Last Rank:	Sapper
Last Unit:	4th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop
Born:	Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Hornsby Public School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Illness (Septicaemia), France, 29 June 1916
Cemetery:	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 140, Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

8 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1016, 4th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop
31 May 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 1016, 4th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
31 May 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 1016, 4th Light Horse Brigade Signal Troop, HMAT Ajana, Sydney
29 Jun 1916:	Involvement Sapper, 1016, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1016 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Division Signals Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1916-06-29

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Stan Smith was on his way to Gallipoli 30 August 1915 when it was torpedoed and sunk. He was rescued and sent to France during 1916 when he fell ill with pleurisy 23 June 1916. He died of septiceamia six days later. His brother older brother Private A.L. Smith no. 19, stretcher bearer AMC 1st Field Ambulance, was killed in action at Pozieres 8 weeks later, 17 August 1916.

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